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* {{Foil}}: Reflectatine aside, like Rorschach, he has a full-face cowl that is referred to ''as'' his "face", and in certain scenes dark splotches reflecting off the mask resemble the shifting inkblots of Rorschach's cowl. He also seems to be MarriedToTheJob, to the point where he still wears his mask at home. Unlike Rorschach, he's no conspiracy theorist and swallowed the accepted truth about the New York incident and he has no reactionary or ultra-conservative political views. He also actually works within law enforcement rather than acting on his own as a vigilante. His interrogation methods are also the direct opposite of Rorschach's, as he just uses light psychological pressure drawn from scientific analysis as opposed to Rorschach's "break fingers until someone talks" method. And while his odd behavior and bluntness are seen as off putting, he does have much better social skills than Rorschach, having some friends, a few social activities and at least trying to pursue relationships, even having been married before the series where it's impossible to imagine Rorschach experiencing any emotional attachment or desire for a healthy relationship with another person. He also lives a lonely but generally normal life in a regular home, even doing consulting work on the side and engaging in some social activities, while Rorschach lives in squalor and has no interest in a life outside of vigilantism. The difference can be best summed up by Wade seeing Looking Glass as just what he does for a living and is just Wade otherwise while Rorschach has long since stopped being anything but Rorschach.
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* {{Foil}}: Reflectatine aside, like Rorschach, he has a full-face cowl that is referred to ''as'' his "face", and in certain scenes dark splotches reflecting off the mask resemble the shifting inkblots of Rorschach's cowl. He also seems to be MarriedToTheJob, to the point where he still wears his mask at home. Unlike Rorschach, he's no conspiracy theorist and swallowed the accepted truth about the New York incident and he has no reactionary or ultra-conservative political views. He also actually works within law enforcement rather than acting on his own as a vigilante. His interrogation methods are also the direct opposite of Rorschach's, as he just uses light psychological pressure drawn from scientific analysis as opposed to Rorschach's "break fingers until someone talks" method. And while his odd behavior and bluntness are seen as off putting, he does have much better social skills than Rorschach, having some friends, a few social activities and at least trying to pursue relationships, even having been married before the series where it's impossible to imagine Rorschach experiencing any emotional attachment or desire for a healthy relationship with another person. He also lives a lonely but generally normal life in a regular home, even doing consulting work on the side and engaging in some social activities, activities and making some healthy effort to deal with his mental health issues, while Rorschach lives in squalor and has no interest in a life outside of vigilantism.vigilantism and is totally oblivious to his own issues. The difference can be best summed up by Wade seeing Looking Glass as just what he does for a living and is just Wade otherwise while Rorschach has long since stopped being anything but Rorschach.
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* SherlockScan: He's extremely skilled at picking up tiny details from suspects and figuring out details, mainly related to seeing if they're lying.
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* SherlockScan: He's extremely skilled at picking up tiny details from suspects and figuring out details, mainly related to seeing if they're lying.details of their lives and personalities.
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** To start with the obvious, she is a black woman while Rorschach was a white man. She is also married with children and a husband she cares for deeply while Rorschach lives a completely solitary existence and has no interest in attachments, emotional or otherwise.
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** To start with the obvious, she is a black woman while Rorschach was a white man. She is also married with children and a husband she cares for deeply while Rorschach lives a completely solitary existence and has no interest in attachments, emotional romantic or otherwise.
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** Rorschach lived in squalor and with terrible hygiene and poor social skills while Angela has a normal, suburban life and is able to leave her identity at work and just be Angela at home while Rorschach sees being Rorschach as his whole reason for being.
** [[spoiler: Perhaps the biggest difference is that Rorschach ultimately fails to stop Adrian Veidt, with even his journal being discredited as the ramblings of a mad man, while Angela not only helps stop Madame Trieu but even brings Veidt to justice too, achieving what Rorschach never had a chance of doing.]]
** [[spoiler: Perhaps the biggest difference is that Rorschach ultimately fails to stop Adrian Veidt, with even his journal being discredited as the ramblings of a mad man, while Angela not only helps stop Madame Trieu but even brings Veidt to justice too, achieving what Rorschach never had a chance of doing.]]
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** Rorschach lived in squalor and with terrible hygiene and poor social skills while Angela has a normal, suburban life life, has friends and is able to leave her identity at work and just be Angela at home while Rorschach sees being Rorschach as his whole reason for being.
being, having lost touch with Walter Kovacs years prior.
** [[spoiler: Perhaps the biggest difference is that Rorschach ultimately fails to stop Adrian Veidt, with even his journal being discredited as the ramblings of a mad man, while Angela not only helps stop Madame Trieu but even brings Veidt to justice too, achieving what Rorschach never had a chance of doing. The final scenes even imply that she may have gotten Dr Manhattan's powers from Cal.]]
** [[spoiler: Perhaps the biggest difference is that Rorschach ultimately fails to stop Adrian Veidt, with even his journal being discredited as the ramblings of a mad man, while Angela not only helps stop Madame Trieu but even brings Veidt to justice too, achieving what Rorschach never had a chance of doing. The final scenes even imply that she may have gotten Dr Manhattan's powers from Cal.]]
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** [[spoiler: Perhaps the biggest difference is that Rorschach ultimately fails to stop Adrian Veidt, with even his journal being discredited as the ramblings of a mad man, while Angela not only helps stop Madame Trieu but even brings Veidt to justice too, achieving what Rorschach never had a chance of doing.
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** [[spoiler: Perhaps the biggest difference is that Rorschach ultimately fails to stop Adrian Veidt, with even his journal being discredited as the ramblings of a mad man, while Angela not only helps stop Madame Trieu but even brings Veidt to justice too, achieving what Rorschach never had a chance of doing.]]
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* ContrastingSequelAntagonist: To Rorschach in a myriad of ways:
** To start with the obvious, she is a black woman while Rorschach was a white man. She is also married with children and a husband she cares for deeply while Rorschach lives a completely solitary existence and has no interest in attachments, emotional or otherwise.
** Rorschach was a vigilante who acted alone and had a dim view of cops while Angela is a cop whose actions are fully within the confines of the law, works as part of a wider collective and she is fully accountable to authority figures above her.
** Rorschach was utterly ruthless towards criminals, seeing even letting them live as being too soft, while Angela can be very brutal at times but is capable of restraint and generally leaves suspects alive, if worse for wear.
** Rorschach had ultra conservative political views, expressing contempt for homosexuals, addicts and sex workers as well as women in general and subscribing to a paper that defended the Ku Klux Klan as noble and heroic even if he never expressed any white supremacist views himself. Angela never expresses any such right-wing views and in fact, her main opponents throughout the series are a group of reactionary white supremacists who take influence from the KKK and cite Rorschach as a major inspiration.
** Rorschach dealt in moral absolutes, seeing only good and evil and refusing to ever compromise his principles, while Angela is much more relativist, willing to do shady things for a greater good but never losing sight of her duty as a police officer and the law.
** Rorschach lived in squalor and with terrible hygiene and poor social skills while Angela has a normal, suburban life and is able to leave her identity at work and just be Angela at home while Rorschach sees being Rorschach as his whole reason for being.
** [[spoiler: Perhaps the biggest difference is that Rorschach ultimately fails to stop Adrian Veidt, with even his journal being discredited as the ramblings of a mad man, while Angela not only helps stop Madame Trieu but even brings Veidt to justice too, achieving what Rorschach never had a chance of doing.
** To start with the obvious, she is a black woman while Rorschach was a white man. She is also married with children and a husband she cares for deeply while Rorschach lives a completely solitary existence and has no interest in attachments, emotional or otherwise.
** Rorschach was a vigilante who acted alone and had a dim view of cops while Angela is a cop whose actions are fully within the confines of the law, works as part of a wider collective and she is fully accountable to authority figures above her.
** Rorschach was utterly ruthless towards criminals, seeing even letting them live as being too soft, while Angela can be very brutal at times but is capable of restraint and generally leaves suspects alive, if worse for wear.
** Rorschach had ultra conservative political views, expressing contempt for homosexuals, addicts and sex workers as well as women in general and subscribing to a paper that defended the Ku Klux Klan as noble and heroic even if he never expressed any white supremacist views himself. Angela never expresses any such right-wing views and in fact, her main opponents throughout the series are a group of reactionary white supremacists who take influence from the KKK and cite Rorschach as a major inspiration.
** Rorschach dealt in moral absolutes, seeing only good and evil and refusing to ever compromise his principles, while Angela is much more relativist, willing to do shady things for a greater good but never losing sight of her duty as a police officer and the law.
** Rorschach lived in squalor and with terrible hygiene and poor social skills while Angela has a normal, suburban life and is able to leave her identity at work and just be Angela at home while Rorschach sees being Rorschach as his whole reason for being.
** [[spoiler: Perhaps the biggest difference is that Rorschach ultimately fails to stop Adrian Veidt, with even his journal being discredited as the ramblings of a mad man, while Angela not only helps stop Madame Trieu but even brings Veidt to justice too, achieving what Rorschach never had a chance of doing.
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* {{Foil}}: Reflectatine aside, like Rorschach, he has a full-face cowl that is referred to ''as'' his "face", and in certain scenes dark splotches reflecting off the mask resemble the shifting inkblots of Rorschach's cowl. He also seems to be MarriedToTheJob, to the point where he still wears his mask at home. Unlike Rorschach, he's no conspiracy theorist and swallowed the accepted truth about the New York incident. He also actually works within law enforcement rather than acting on his own as a vigilante. His interrogation methods are also the direct opposite of Rorschach's, as he just uses light psychological pressure as opposed to Rorschach's "break fingers until someone talks" method. And while his odd behavior and bluntness are seen as off putting, he does have much better social skills than Rorschach, having some friends and at least trying to pursue relationships, even having been married before the series, where it's impossible to imagine Rorschach experiencing any emotional attachment or desire for a healthy relationship with another person. He also lives a lonely but generally normal life in a regular home, even doing consulting work on the side and engaging in some social activities, while Rorschach lives in squalor and has no interest in a life outside of vigilantism. The difference can be best summed up by Wade seeing Looking Glass as just what he does for a living and is just Wade otherwise while Rorschach has long since stopped being anything but Rorschach.
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* {{Foil}}: Reflectatine aside, like Rorschach, he has a full-face cowl that is referred to ''as'' his "face", and in certain scenes dark splotches reflecting off the mask resemble the shifting inkblots of Rorschach's cowl. He also seems to be MarriedToTheJob, to the point where he still wears his mask at home. Unlike Rorschach, he's no conspiracy theorist and swallowed the accepted truth about the New York incident.incident and he has no reactionary or ultra-conservative political views. He also actually works within law enforcement rather than acting on his own as a vigilante. His interrogation methods are also the direct opposite of Rorschach's, as he just uses light psychological pressure drawn from scientific analysis as opposed to Rorschach's "break fingers until someone talks" method. And while his odd behavior and bluntness are seen as off putting, he does have much better social skills than Rorschach, having some friends friends, a few social activities and at least trying to pursue relationships, even having been married before the series, series where it's impossible to imagine Rorschach experiencing any emotional attachment or desire for a healthy relationship with another person. He also lives a lonely but generally normal life in a regular home, even doing consulting work on the side and engaging in some social activities, while Rorschach lives in squalor and has no interest in a life outside of vigilantism. The difference can be best summed up by Wade seeing Looking Glass as just what he does for a living and is just Wade otherwise while Rorschach has long since stopped being anything but Rorschach.
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* {{Foil}}: Reflectatine aside, like Rorschach, he has a full-face cowl that is referred to ''as'' his "face", and in certain scenes dark splotches reflecting off the mask resemble the shifting inkblots of Rorschach's cowl. He also seems to be MarriedToTheJob, to the point where he still wears his mask at home. Unlike Rorschach, he's no conspiracy theorist and swallowed the accepted truth about the New York incident. He also actually works with law enforcement rather than acting on his own as a vigilante. His interrogation methods are also the direct opposite of Rorschach's, as he just uses light psychological pressure as opposed to Rorschach's "break fingers until someone talks" method. And while his odd behavior and bluntness are seen as off putting, he does have much better social skills than Rorschach, having some friends and at least trying to pursue relationships, even having been married before the series, where it's impossible to imagine Rorschach experiencing any emotional attachment.
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* {{Foil}}: Reflectatine aside, like Rorschach, he has a full-face cowl that is referred to ''as'' his "face", and in certain scenes dark splotches reflecting off the mask resemble the shifting inkblots of Rorschach's cowl. He also seems to be MarriedToTheJob, to the point where he still wears his mask at home. Unlike Rorschach, he's no conspiracy theorist and swallowed the accepted truth about the New York incident. He also actually works with within law enforcement rather than acting on his own as a vigilante. His interrogation methods are also the direct opposite of Rorschach's, as he just uses light psychological pressure as opposed to Rorschach's "break fingers until someone talks" method. And while his odd behavior and bluntness are seen as off putting, he does have much better social skills than Rorschach, having some friends and at least trying to pursue relationships, even having been married before the series, where it's impossible to imagine Rorschach experiencing any emotional attachment.attachment or desire for a healthy relationship with another person. He also lives a lonely but generally normal life in a regular home, even doing consulting work on the side and engaging in some social activities, while Rorschach lives in squalor and has no interest in a life outside of vigilantism. The difference can be best summed up by Wade seeing Looking Glass as just what he does for a living and is just Wade otherwise while Rorschach has long since stopped being anything but Rorschach.
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* GutturalGrowler: He speaks in a raspy, low baritone that provides him with an aura of subtle menace.
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* {{Foil}}: [[JustForPun Reflectatine aside]], like Rorschach, he has a full-face cowl that is referred to ''as'' his "face", and in certain scenes dark splotches reflecting off the mask resemble the shifting inkblots of Rorschach's cowl. He also seems to be MarriedToTheJob, to the point where he still wears his mask at home. Unlike Rorschach, he's no conspiracy theorist and swallowed the accepted truth about the New York incident. He also actually works with law enforcement rather than acting on his own as a vigilante. His interrogation methods are also the direct opposite of Rorschach's, as he just uses light psychological pressure as opposed to Rorschach's "break fingers until someone talks" method. And while his odd behavior and bluntness are seen as off putting, he does have much better social skills than Rorschach, having some friends and at least trying to pursue relationships, even having been married before the series, where it's impossible to imagine Rorschach experiencing any emotional attachment.
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* {{Foil}}: [[JustForPun Reflectatine aside]], aside, like Rorschach, he has a full-face cowl that is referred to ''as'' his "face", and in certain scenes dark splotches reflecting off the mask resemble the shifting inkblots of Rorschach's cowl. He also seems to be MarriedToTheJob, to the point where he still wears his mask at home. Unlike Rorschach, he's no conspiracy theorist and swallowed the accepted truth about the New York incident. He also actually works with law enforcement rather than acting on his own as a vigilante. His interrogation methods are also the direct opposite of Rorschach's, as he just uses light psychological pressure as opposed to Rorschach's "break fingers until someone talks" method. And while his odd behavior and bluntness are seen as off putting, he does have much better social skills than Rorschach, having some friends and at least trying to pursue relationships, even having been married before the series, where it's impossible to imagine Rorschach experiencing any emotional attachment.
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* {{Foil}}: [[JustForPun Reflectatine aside]], like Rorschach, he has a full-face cowl that is referred to ''as'' his "face", and in certain scenes dark splotches reflecting off the mask resemble the shifting inkblots of Rorschach's cowl. He also seems to be MarriedToTheJob, to the point where he still wears his mask at home. Unlike Rorschach, he's no conspiracy theorist and swallowed the accepted truth about the New York incident. He also actually works with law enforcement rather than acting on his own as a vigilante. His interrogation methods are also the direct opposite of Rorschach's, as he just uses light psychological pressure as opposed to Rorschach's "break fingers until someone talks" method.
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* {{Foil}}: [[JustForPun Reflectatine aside]], like Rorschach, he has a full-face cowl that is referred to ''as'' his "face", and in certain scenes dark splotches reflecting off the mask resemble the shifting inkblots of Rorschach's cowl. He also seems to be MarriedToTheJob, to the point where he still wears his mask at home. Unlike Rorschach, he's no conspiracy theorist and swallowed the accepted truth about the New York incident. He also actually works with law enforcement rather than acting on his own as a vigilante. His interrogation methods are also the direct opposite of Rorschach's, as he just uses light psychological pressure as opposed to Rorschach's "break fingers until someone talks" method. And while his odd behavior and bluntness are seen as off putting, he does have much better social skills than Rorschach, having some friends and at least trying to pursue relationships, even having been married before the series, where it's impossible to imagine Rorschach experiencing any emotional attachment.
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* HundredPercentAdorationRating: [[SubvertedTrope You would think so]], considering that he's served seven consecutive terms and is in the process of serving the eighth. However, given that the series is set in a very conservative part of Oklahoma, his views are considered deeply controversial in that part of the United States. [[spoiler:Adrian Veidt set the stage for his election, though Redford seemed to have gotten reelected without him. When Veidt goes to Tulsa, he is amazed to learn that Redford is still President.]]
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* HundredPercentAdorationRating: UniversallyBelovedLeader: [[SubvertedTrope You would think so]], considering that he's served seven consecutive terms and is in the process of serving the eighth. However, given that the series is set in a very conservative part of Oklahoma, his views are considered deeply controversial in that part of the United States. [[spoiler:Adrian Veidt set the stage for his election, though Redford seemed to have gotten reelected without him. When Veidt goes to Tulsa, he is amazed to learn that Redford is still President.]]
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* NiceHat: Wade is almost always seen wearing a trucker cap when not in costume.
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* BunnyEarsLawyer: Wade is generally and not unjustifiably regarded as an oddball by much of the force but there's no doubt that he's ''very'' good at what he does.
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* NiceHat: Wade is almost always seen wearing a trucker cap when not in costume.
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* ShellShockedVeteran: He was in Hoboken, New Jersey doing missionary work on the eve of the squid attack in New York decades ago and still has nightmares about what he saw.
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* SmugSnake: [[spoiler:He absolutely loves the sound of his own voice and reveling in the power he has over those the Seventh Kavalry captures. Laurie even points out that he’s itching to monologue his plan to her.]]
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* SmugSnake: [[spoiler:He absolutely loves the sound of his own voice and reveling in the power he has over those the Seventh Kavalry captures.captures and clearly thinks he's a brilliant mastermind. Laurie even points out that he’s itching to monologue his plan to her.]]
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* TooCleverByHalf: He's a skilled planner and manipulator but not nearly as much as he thinks as exemplified by his [[spoiler:failing to provide a shield for the radiation he planned to absorb]].
* VillainWithGoodPublicity: A well-regarded Senator and a popular candidate to become the next US President. [[spoiler:He is actually the leader of the Seventh Kavalry.]]
* VillainWithGoodPublicity: A well-regarded Senator and a popular candidate to become the next US President. [[spoiler:He is actually the leader of the Seventh Kavalry.]]
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* TooCleverByHalf: He's a skilled planner and manipulator but not nearly as much as he thinks as exemplified by his [[spoiler:failing to provide a shield for the radiation he planned to absorb]].
absorb]] and he's ultimately just a pawn for Lady Trieu, a fact he never realizes.
* UnwittingPawn: He thinks he's the mastermind behind the central plot and the one who will inherit Manhattan's powers. In reality, Lady Trieu has been playing him from the start.
* VillainWithGoodPublicity: A well-regardedSenator Senator. supposed ally to the police and a popular candidate to become the next US President. [[spoiler:He is actually the leader of the Seventh Kavalry.]]
* UnwittingPawn: He thinks he's the mastermind behind the central plot and the one who will inherit Manhattan's powers. In reality, Lady Trieu has been playing him from the start.
* VillainWithGoodPublicity: A well-regarded
